Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Sc waa mueh aHssfsd .. fhs less. fos In
addition % IL Salas SO I'D obtAined Is
IN Cairo. EGypA bGt u1caE what clro1m-
stances enc didn't tell mes The Laslla
was MrG Cara. and IN traciRa ap her
ancestry Il rs foand thai Sc wAa born
in Cairo, Egyp4. Haf mstheF was .
very handsone koglish lady; hsr father
wMs unknown Ihare was considerable
scandal and talk Ct the tins thai tbs
mother vas the mistress Of The Pasta Of
EUpt. The da1RhtsE had bss1 6neiy
ed1oafsd II Paris and Loadon, bnt los
in her uotasr came % AneEse8 S1st
after the American revolution. ard mar
ried . young man named James ClArk-
Bat What has all this cot to do with
tie diamond foand By q workman on the
Mcfarland street crushing maehines
Simply this Any one veEsed u diamond
lore, or With tie history o. precious
gems. knows that toward ths clsse Of the
last century the celebrated PiR0tt dia-
mond was sold 10 the Pasha OF ERypt fer
the som Of $4,000. Its weiQht was
az carats. Late ia the Last century the
diamond vas cold az lottery for the E1B
Of $4,000. Ik vas aftsRward boaRht b.
RandelI6 Ridge for $50. 900. and By them
sold TO the PAsha. All this can be
learned by reference 70 Emanuel on
Diamonds" cage -, and the suther
adds that the present p1ssessoF Of the
diamond il unknown.
Nov, what more likely thing than
that tbs Pssha should present his ERR-
lish love With this treasure, after the
lavish maznsr OF Eastern potentates, or
perhaps sns appropriated IL herself.
Wien the daughter vent 20 Europe 10 be
educated the mother, probably feelir g
-c-Stii .ly hoping-that one day shs
would return TO her native land. and at
any rate gishing 80 sscare her daughter
beyond any pzFadventure, gave har sha
cels bFated diamond. The dauebter
would surely be safe and secure from
want, and, In The event II ner mother
joining her, the sale of the precious
stone would certainly keep them in
comfort for the rest of their days. Tbs
diamond vas lost in 1906, but how could
10 have become embedded in the center
Of the bovldar7
Nothing easier. Lying in the sandy
bed Of the running water, probably in 8
secluded spot, aocretions of mud and
sand would gradually form abeut IL, and,
packing tight, the diamond would, IS
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ed, while the rolling water would make
the bowlder smooth and hard. When
the. river freezss huge bevlders fire.
quently become attached TO cakes of ice
and when the river breaks up are car
risd by the heatinR lee hundreds Of
miles down the river.
"There are found to-day on the Day
ton bar" says James Ryan. who hss
been engaged q lifetime ia the quarry
ing business from Wheeling to OiHcin-
nati, and who has charge Of the bovldeT
crHsher. large boVldeFs formed frou
BueHa Vista freestsne that 10 found
ninety miles up the river. At Cincinnati
Is found gray limestone; at Moscow blns
limestone; ct Buena Vista freestone
| oyerlays limestone; at PomeFoJ
| OVERLAPPING freestone covers limestone
and 30 on all the way up to Wheeling
Who shall say, then, that the diamond
found in the crushed bowlder at thl
Mcfarland street machine is not TIL
celebrated PiRott diamond that towarC
the close Of the last oantuEy found 1T
way to Egypt, and probably by LuellI
Clark was brought back over the oceaE
to the New World? For nearly q hun
dreJ ears doe il lay at the bottom Of
the Ohio, nov at last to come to lii,
through the lack of = common lAbOFer